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| 'Up to 15,000 Russian soldiers' sent to Ukraine, say rights groups |
| 2014-09-02 |
| [Al Ahram] Up to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine over the past two months, and at least 200 may have died in combat there, rights groups told AFP on Monday. Moscow denies that it has deployed regular troops to Ukraine to prop up separatists battling Kiev forces, but multiple indications have emerged over the past weeks that Russian soldiers are on the ground in Ukraine. Valentina Melnikova, head of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers, the main organization representing the families of servicemen, said some 7,000 to 8,000 Russian troops are believed to be in Ukraine at present. |
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